2 Samuel 19:8:42 Sam.19.8.W4TABWLC 2 Samuel 19:9
בַּשָּׁ֑עַר
bashshaar
“in the gate”
- Transliteration
- bash-SHA-ar
- Extended
- bahsh-SHAA-ahr
- IPA
- /baʃˈʃaːʕar/
Meaning by language
- English
- in the gate
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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Word in context
- word
bash-SHA-ar
- phraseyour reading level
va-ye-SHEV bash-SHA-ar
- clause
va-Ya-kam ham-ME-lekh va-ye-SHEV bash-SHA-ar
- sentence
va-Ya-kam ham-ME-lekh va-ye-SHEV bash-SHA-ar u-le-khol-ha-AM hi-GI-du le-MOR hin-NE ham-ME-lekh yo-SHEV bash-SHA-ar va-ya-VO khol-ha-AM lif-NE ham-ME-lekh ve-yis-ra-EL NAS ISH le-o-ha-LAV
Exegesis
The locative phrase bashaar {בַּשָּׁעַר | basšāʿar} ‘in the gate’ situates the royal court at the civic entrance.
In context — 2 Samuel 19:8
Then the king arose and sat in the gate; and all the people were told, saying, “Behold, the king is sitting in the gate.” So all the people came before the king, but Israel had fled, every man to his tent .
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 19:8:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Samuel 19:8, so the Hebrew word בַּשָּׁ֑עַר (bashshaar) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written 2 Sam.19.8.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.19.8.W4.S1) and character.